Between Two Worlds: the Inner Lives of Children of Divorce. Elizabeth Marquardt, $18.95

When a family breaks in two, children who stay in touch with both parents must travel between two worlds, trying alone to reconcile their parents’ often strikingly different beliefs, values, and ways of living. Authoritative, beautifully written, and alive with the voices of men and women whose lives were changed by divorce, Between Two Worlds is essential reading for anyone who grew up “between two worlds.”

Children Come First: Mediation, Not Litigation, When Marriage Ends. Howard Irving, $24.99

Calling on his vast experience mediating more than 2,000 cases, Irving has written Children Come First directly for couples contemplating or undergoing divorce. In this book the author takes a tripartite approach that points out:

• the dangers of the adversarial approach to divorce,
• the benefits of divorce mediation, and
• how parents can put their children first during and after their divorce.

Children Come First is written in a reader-friendly style with case studies, charts, and diagrams, as well as illustrations from the author's renowned practice. Ultimately, this book takes parents through the process of building a shared parenting plan that places their children's interests uppermost while still addressing the parents' unique situations and needs.

Divorce and the Special Needs Child: a Guide for Parents. Margaret "Pegi" Price, $34.95

Going through a divorce is always tough, but when a child with special needs is involved it can be especially challenging. This book takes a clear and comprehensive look at every aspect of the legal divorce process, and addresses all of the legal issues that divorcing parents of children with special needs face. From agreeing upon child custody arrangements that meet the particular needs of the child, to making provision for child support payments, gathering together the documentation needed to prove a case, and dealing with financial issues such as debts and property distribution, no aspect of divorce is left uncovered. A set of checklists is included to ensure that parents consider everything they need to, and the book concludes with a useful list of further resources.

Written by an experienced family lawyer and divorced mother of a child with autism, this book offers much-needed guidance to divorcing parents of children with a variety of special needs.

The Divorced Child: Strengthening Your Family through the First 3 Years of Separation. Joseph Nowinski, $20.00

Family therapist Dr. Joseph Nowinski gives parents the tools to work through family transitions, to identify early signs of problems and to help your children come to terms with the new family structure.

Fatherless Daughters: Turning the Pain of Loss into the Power of Forgiveness. Pamela Thomas, $34.00

Fatherless Daughters is a moving and exhaustively researched account of what it means for a girl to lose her father to death, divorce, or abandonment. Thomas discusses the initial shock of his loss, exploring how a young girl experiences it: her age at the time of her father's death or abandonment, her mother's behavior and attitudes, her place in the family vis-à-vis siblings, and the influence of a stepfather or father-surrogates.

Thomas shows how a father's early death or abandonment affects a woman's emotional health and self-esteem, her body image, her sexual experiences, her family life and her career. Perhaps most important, Fatherless Daughters offers compassionate advice for coming to terms with father loss, even late in life.

An indispensable guide for parents and professionals who treat divorced families. Growing Up with Divorce looks at how age and gender, as well as cognitive, emotional and social development, affect children’s responses to divorce.

Healing a Child’s Heart After Divorce: 100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends and Caregivers. Alan Wolfelt & Raelynn Maloney, $12.95

Children whose parents are separating or divorcing need adults who will witness and honor their emotions, and be honest and compassionate with them. Healing a Child’s Heart After Divorce offers practical ideas for helping children understand and express their many thoughts and feelings — whatever they might be.

How to Be a Good Divorced Dad: Being the Best Parent You Can Be Before, During and After the Break-Up. Jeffrey Leving, $19.95

HOW TO BE A GOOD DIVORCED DAD is practical and down-to-earth and offers dozens of real life examples of dads who have discovered the importance of staying involved in their children's lives. This upbeat book offers good news for divorced dads and counters many of the myths that paint divorcing fathers as alienated, irresponsible, or absent.

How to Be a Great Divorced Dad. Simon Baker, $19.95

Written by a divorced dad for divorced and separated fathers, this book teaches you how to move on after divorce, create a home for your children when they are with you, ensure babies through to teenagers have a routine and discipline. It will help you to keep your children healthy, get involved in their education, organize play dates, deal with your ex in a business-like way and cook healthy meals for your kids. Divorce and separation may change your life, but author/father Simon Baker gives you the tools to make your time with your children positive, pro-active and fun with practical tips lots of advice from someone who knows.

In Spite of Everything: a Memoir. Susan Gregory Thomas, $30.00

IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING is a brilliantly told account of a mother's fight to protect her children's world and make sense of her own troubles past — and the culture of divorce in which she and Generation X were raised. Interwoven with insights on divorce and parenthood, Thomas' eye-opening, gut-wrenching, ultimately optimistic story holds up a mirror to a whole generation.

Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2nd Edition. Julie Ross & Judy Corcoran, $18.50

A hands-on, practical guide to communicating with a difficult ex-spouse.

Kids Grieve Too! A Handbook for Parents. Tom Easthope, $20.00

When faced with great loss, parents instinctively want to protect their children as much as possible from the ensuing grief. Yet in doing so, they may deny their children what they need most — honesty, knowledge and security — as they travel through uncharted emotional terrain.

Kids Grieve Too addresses the many important issues that accompany divorce; a serious and life-threatening illness in the family; a child’s own terminal illness; the death of a loved-one and suicide. The easy-to-use question and answer format helps parents and caring adults to do what is best for their children in times of need.

Parenting Apart: How Separated and Divorced Parents Can Raise Happy and Secure Kids. Christina McGhee, $18.50

This comprehensive and empowering guide is filled with practical, effective ways to minimize the effects of divorce on children, and offers immediate solutions to the most critical parenting problems divorce brings. Christina McGhee offers advice on explaining things to every age group-from toddlers to teenagers-in plain, consistent, and age-appropriate terms. Parenting Apart also offers practical suggestions for parents to help them maintain their own sense of stability and take care of their own well-being while taking care of their kids.

The Practical Guide to Weekend Parenting. Doug Hewitt, $21.95

Whether you are divorced, separated, or simply working during the week, it's getting harder and harder to have one-on-one time with your children, much less plan for weekend play-time. Instead of turning on the television and walking away, there's now an easy way to take charge and teach, strengthen your parent-child ties, and have fun with your kids, and all at the same time.

Putting Children First: a Guide for Parents Breaking Up. Hanna McDonough & Christina Bartha, $23.95

Divorcing parents are often deeply worried about their children and the effects of separation on their lives. Putting Children First is a compassionate guide which addresses parents' concerns and needs with wisdom and practical strategies.

Putting Children First: Proven Parenting Strategies for Helping Children Thrive through Divorce. JoAnne Pedro-Carroll $20.00

The breakup of a family can have an enduring impact on children. But as Dr. JoAnne Pedro-Carroll explains with clarity and compassion in this powerful book, parents can positively alter the immediate and long-term effects of divorce on their children. The key is proven, emotionally intelligent parenting strategies that promote children's emotional health, resilience, and ability to lead satisfying lives. Filled with the voices and drawings of children and the stories of families, Putting Children First delivers a positive vision for a future of hope and healing.

Reconcilable Differences: Marriages End — Families Don’t. Cate Cochran, $19.95

Separation and divorce can be grueling and cruel. Spouses who once loved one another can be swept up in an adversarial system where they forget all that was good between them, and the needs of the children often get lost in the shuffle. In her engaging and compassionate book, Reconcilable Differences, Cate Cochran tells the stories of ten “successfully failed” marriages and the new families that emerged.

School Days & the Divorce Maze. Renae Lapin, $20.95

A complete guide for joint custody parents in managing your child’s successful school career.

Shared Parenting: Raising Your Children Cooperatively After Separation. Jill Burrett & Michael Green, $17.99

This practical book provides straightforward advice to parents facing separation who wish to pursue the shared parenting approach. The authors emphasize the importance of children having significant time with both parents, allowing them to maintain meaningful relationships. By presenting the benefits and challenges, debunking the myths, giving practical tips on communication between the two households, and providing concrete tools to aid in creating parenting plans, this book steers parents past their personal feelings toward a successful resolution that is in everyone’s best interest.

Smart Parenting During and After Divorce. Peter Favaro, $20.95

The essential guide to making divorce easier on your child, managing custody and visitation and dealing with common problems.

Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone with Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Bill Eddy & Randi Kreger, $19.95

Divorce is difficult under the best of circumstances. When your spouse has borderline personality disorder (BPD), narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), or is manipulative, divorcing can be especially complicated. While people with these tendencies may initially appear convincing and even charming to lawyers and judges, you know better — many of these "persuasive blamers" leverage false accusations, attempt to manipulate others, launch verbal and physical attacks, and do everything they can to get their way.

SPLITTING is your legal and psychological guide to safely navigating a high-conflict divorce from an unpredictable spouse. Written by Bill Eddy, a family lawyer, therapist, and divorce mediator, and Randi Kreger, coauthor of the BPD classic STOP WALKING ON EGGSHELLS, this book includes all of the critical information you need to work through the process of divorce in an emotionally balanced, productive way.

Stay Close: 40 Clever Ways to Connect with Kids When You’re Apart. Tenessa Gemelke, $10.95

How do you keep up with your son’s interests when you’re a hundred miles away? What can you do to express your love to a granddaughter you rarely see? How can you make sure a young person grows up happy and healthy even when you’re not physically there? When you’re away from a young person you love, concerns like these can make the distance seem insurmountable. Stay Close: 40 Clever Ways to Connect with Kids When You’re Apart offers adults fun and creative solutions for nurturing long-distance relationships with kids. This new resource uses activities, real-life anecdotes, and helpful tips to show adults how easy it is to bridge the physical (and generational) gap. Whether you’re 200 or 2000 miles apart, Stay Close will keep your young person just a heartbeat away.

The Truth about Children and Divorce: Dealing with the Emotions So You and Your Children Can Thrive. Robert Emery, $17.50

Robert Emery applies his twenty-five years of experience as a researcher, therapist, and mediator to offer parents a new road map to divorce. Dr. Emery shows how our powerful emotions and the way we handle them shape how we divorce and whether our children suffer or thrive in the long run. His message is hopeful, yet realistic — divorce is invariably painful, but parents can help promote their children’s resilience. With compassion and authority, Dr. Emery explains:

• Why it is so hard to really make divorce work
• How anger and fighting can keep people from really separating
• Why legal matters should be one of the last tasks
• Why parental love and limit setting can be the best “therapy” for kids
• How to talk to children, create workable parenting schedules, and more